wretched

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wretch·ed BrE [ˈretʃɪd] NAmE [ˈretʃɪd] adjective
1. (of a person)feeling ill/sick or unhappy
•You look wretched— what's wrong?
•I felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
2. (formal)extremely bad or unpleasant
Syn: ↑awful
•She had a wretched time of it at school.
•The animals are kept in the most wretched conditions.
3. (formal)making you feel sympathy or pity
Syn: ↑pitiful
•She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
4. only before noun (informal)used to show that you think that sb/sth is extremely annoying
•Is it that wretched woman again?
Derived Words: ↑wretchedly ▪ ↑wretchedness

Word Origin:
[wretched wretchedly wretchedness] Middle English: formed irregularly from ↑wretch + ↑-ed.

Example Bank:
•She looked thoroughly wretched.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, suffering, deplorable, execrable, woeful